Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-31

States. / do not hesitate to say that no
where that | have been are the people so |
free from all the evils incident to the liquor
traffic as in this State. / have granite
quarries, and employ large numbers of
men. We have scarcely any trouble with
our men Immediately after payday. They
are generally on hand after payday as well
as before. | have done business in other
States, where the liquor traffic was not pro-
hlbited or IN any way repressed. | cannot
but notice the contrast between those To-
calities where liquor is sold freely and our
localities in Maine, where we suppress the
sale to large extent. Our men now, as
class, are becoming more independent
Their families are better clothed and
schooled than ever before Generally they
are saving money for future wants, much
| OF which would be spent for rum by some
of them if it was readily obtained. AS to
drunkenness in Maine, any candid inquirer
can satisfy himself by personal investi-
CATION"
Governor Robbie, the immediate prede-
cessor of Governor Bodwell, in his inau-
gural address, said: Prohibition has
worked immense advantages for the State
of Maine The vast sum of money which
| NSlli iulO Tie lllIS Vi the
| keepers is now spent for improving farms,
households, and in a thousand other ways
which benefit society, and the entire State
feels the beneficial effects, till both polit-
ical parties, and the great majority of the
people, look upon the prohibition of the
liquor traffic as the safety and salvation of
the State. We give the lie to the infamous
statement which the liquor interest per-
sistently sends forth that Prohibition is a
failure. 1t has made liquor-selling fail
ure in Maine"
Ex-Governor Dingley, in a carefully
prepared address delivered at a great open.
air meeting in 1888, said: "When Pro
hibition has been tried long enough to bear
fruits, it has been found a potent educa-
tional influence against drinking habits
| Whatever business the law frowns upon, il
makes disreputable, and whatever it Ii
censes and protects, it adds responsibility
to. A law and public opinion which lead
men TO avoid public drinking must newt
ably operate in the case of multitudes to
induce them to reform altogether. There
is an element of self-respect in the great
mass of men which operates powerfully tc
induce them to avoid practices which the
state of the law and public opinion makes
them disinclined to practice in public
Such condition Of thing is a strong proc
that Prohibition is a success"
[ could easily multiply these testimonies
to the wonderful success of Prohibition
and extend proofs of it indefinitely, but
am confident every unprejudiced perso:
will consider this sufficient. 1t is in tbs
face of all this that the Tribune thought il
right to proclaim to the world that q Pro
hibitlon has not succeeded in Maine" L
is true that in our cities and larger town.
the liquor-traffic yet fingers on a very
small scale, and generally on the sly, bu
this is due entirely to certain defects il
the law. When these are corrected, a.
they will be by and by, there will not be T.;
fragment of the traffic remaining in the
| State